The Kidz Street Festival is this week. (Facebook) October First Friday theme is ‘Connect’ First Friday celebrates its 16th anniversary this month with the theme “Connect.” October’s featured artist is painter, sculptor and fabricator/designer Justin Lepper, aka Dr. Lepper. Live entertainment will include Rising Stars, Shea Freedom, Lovers and Strangers and Jason Rylan, who will sing “Strong” on the Main Stage at 9 p.m. as a tribute to Oct. 1 victims and survivors. The festival’s main stage is located at the south end of the Art Way parking lot, with the majority of artists and vendors on First Street, extending to Hoover. firstfridaylasvegas.com Coffee, conversation at Vesta tasting Vesta Coffee Roasters will host a free “Public Cupping” (a tasting) at 6 p.m. Friday. Guests will be able to test five coffees and discuss the aroma, taste, body and flavor of each. 1114 S. Casino Center Blvd., vestacoffee.com Nickel specials … [Read more...] about Free coffee, nickel beer, First Friday in downtown Las Vegas

Las Vegas Weekly Staff Thu, Jul 26, 2018 (midnight) Downtown Las Vegas is almost too big for this guide. Only 10 years ago, there were many more Downtown proposals than places you could actually visit. Sure, the Arts District had some strong cultural momentum—the First Friday art walk and Wes Isbutt’s Arts Factory complex were both well-established by 2008—but it had few bars, restaurants or performance venues. And Fremont East, which did have some solid bars and venues by then—Downtown Cocktail Room, the Griffin and Beauty Bar, among others—was on the cusp of a Tony Hsieh/Downtown Project-funded renaissance that would reshape the area through projects like Downtown Container Park, the revamped Bunkhouse and the Life Is Beautiful festival. But today, Downtown is more real than idea. Private development in the Arts District has organically caught up to Fremont East’s Downtown Project-fueled frenzy. High-density housing is proliferating. And even … [Read more...] about Your guide to the new Downtown Las Vegas

Thinkstock Wizards, unicorns … Branden Powers, the mad genius who brought Las Vegas Chinatown’s The Golden Tiki and Fremont Street’s Evel Pie, has a top-secret bar and restaurant in the works for the Arts District. While he’s not sharing much, he has been on social media taking early reservations, dropping hints of wizards, unicorns, heavy metal and revealing leather attire. He told us he’s signed a lease for a Main Street location, and says it will “top my previous projects and be a lot of fun.” Openings at the Palms The Palms has set May 18 as the official opening date for three new venues and the remodeled Center Bar. On the restaurant front, Scotch 80 Prime will be the resort’s new steakhouse, featuring N9NE’s Barry Dakake and Alize’s Mark Purdy cooking in the renovated N9NE space. Camden Cocktail Lounge will operate on the ground floor, with Apex Social Club taking over Ghostbar’s old rooftop perch. Brawling to … [Read more...] about Secret downtown Las Vegas bar teases wizards, unicorns, revealing leather